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Folk Feet Dance Workshops: Greek Dance
Join dancer Chrisafo Madimenos at this Folk Feet Dance Workshop presented by BPL Bay Ridge, a Folk Feet on Fifth partner. Brooklyn Public Library, Bay Ridge 7223 Ridge Boulevard FREE Ages 10... more
Folk Feet Dance Workshops: Panamanian Dance
Join dancer Alberto Gonzalez at this Folk Feet Dance Workshop presented by Young Dancers in Repertory, a Folk Feet on Fifth partner. FREE Salaam Arabic Lutheran Church 345 Ovington Avenue (Bet... more
Folk Feet Dance Workshops: Tahitian Dance
Ori Tahiti: The Dance of Tahiti Monday, December 1 8 - 9pm Join dancer Kaina Quenga for workshops on the dance of Tahiti. Kaina will teach basic hip movements, costuming, and will discuss her p... more
Folk Feet Dance Workshops: Tahitian Dance
Ori Tahiti: The Dance of Tahiti Monday, December 8 8 - 9pm Join dancer Kaina Quenga for workshops on the dance of Tahiti. Kaina will teach basic hip movements, costuming, and will discuss her p... more
Folk Feet Dance Workshops: Tahitian Dance
Ori Tahiti: The Dance of Tahiti Monday, December 15 8 - 9pm Join dancer Kaina Quenga for workshops on the dance of Tahiti. Kaina will teach basic hip movements, costuming, and will discuss her ... more
Folk Feet Dance Workshops: Ukrainian Dance
Join dancer Tamara Chernyakhovska at this Folk Feet Dance Workshop presented by BPL Bay Ridge, a Folk Feet on Fifth partner. Brooklyn Public Library, Bay Ridge 7223 Ridge Boulevard FREE Ages... more
Folk Feet Dance Workshops: Ukrainian Folk Vechornytsi
The Center for Traditional Music and Dance, in collaboration with Brooklyn Arts Council, presents Ukrainian Folk Vechornytsi (Ukrainian Village Dance Party). BROOKLYN UKRAINIAN RESTAURANT 1223 Ave... more
Folk Feet on Fifth is part of the BAC Folk Arts' Folk Feet traditional dance project begun in 2003 to identify, document and present traditional dance in Brooklyn. Folk Feet on Fifth focuses on the ne... more
Folk Feet Workshops at Spoke the Hub
This fall, Folk Feet Dance Workshops collaborates with Brooklyn’s Spoke the Hub Dancing (STH) (www.spokethehub.org) to launch their new World Dance Program, to be held at STH’s beautifully renovated s... more
Folk Feet Workshops: Arab Social Dance
Sunday, July 13th, 2-6pm Bay Ridge Arab American Bazaar, at Shore Road Park, (79th and Shore Road, Bay Ridge Brooklyn) click for map Sunday, July 20th , 2-6pm Arab American Heritage Park Festi... more
Frisner Augustin and La Troupe Makandal
For over 20 years, La Troupe Makandal and its Artistic Director, Master Drummer, and National Heritage Award winner, Frisner Augustin, have thrilled audiences with the exciting traditional dances, mus... more
Gaida Hinnawi is a vocalist and composer working at the intersection of the New York Arab and improvised music scenes. Her compositions draw on classical Arabic song, Syrian folk traditions, and impro... more
Brooklyn-based Shafik grew up in a musical family in Cairo surrounded by Egyptian popular, folk, and classical music that made his Shobra neighborhood jump. As a young boy, he practiced percussion on... more
George was born in Birzeit, Palestine, and pursued music from a young age. In 1986 he moved to the United States, where he has studied oud with Simon Shaheen and classical singing and voice with Youss... more
Born in Nador, Morroco, to a family that practices music traditions, Hisham began playing percussion at age 13. His first lessons in music came from his cousin and a close friend, both of whom played ... more
Folk Feet on Fifth’s kick-off event brought together more than 30 local traditional dancers to sample each others' dances, food and discuss the role of traditional dance in the neighborhood. The histo... more
Canadian-born Gutwilik’s interest in music began at a young age when his aunt gave him a Perez Prado album and his own transistor radio. School offered him an immersion into the world of traditional J... more
Lebbos comes from Beirut, Lebanon and learned debkah – the celebrated social line dance of the Levant- in the rural areas where it has been danced into the earth for generations. Lebbos’ debkah pract... more
From Casablanca, Morocco, Bohsina bought his first keyboard at age 12, and – as he recounts – it grew with him. Today he is one of NYC vocalists’ most requested and respected keyboardists. By 16, Bo... more
By the age of 3 Jehan was already dreaming of becoming a bellydancer, having been introduced to the art form via the star dancers of Egyptian golden-age cinema. Pursuing the study of raqs sharqi or... more
Johnny Farraj has studied riq (Egyptian tambourine) and frame drum with Karim Nagi and Fairuz's percussionist Michel Merhej, both featured in Brooklyn Maqam. He also studied oud with Simon Shaheen and... more
Nagi, a native Egyptian, is an expert in Arab, Turkish and Andalusian hand percussion. He holds a Psychology degree from Skidmore College. Nagi has studied with Nabil Ata, Midhat al-Rashidi, Simon Sha... more
Kay Turner, Folk Arts Director
Dr. Kay Turner became the Director of BAC Folk Arts in October 2000. Kay works with Brooklyn traditional artists working in a range of disciplines—music, dance, material arts, narrative and foodways. ... more
Ladies Night: Solo Stars of Pop and Folk
Presented by BAC Folk Arts, Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival is a rare opportunity to experience the remarkable variety of Arab music traditions that flourish throughout the metro area! WHEN: Wed... more
LaUra was born in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) and comes from a family of traditional artists. Her mother, a professional dancer, was the granddaughter of one of the greatest Uzbeki poets of all time, Hamza ... more
Layla began studying Middle Eastern dance at the age of 19 at Serena Studios in New York City. Her passion for Middle Eastern dance led her to study with such masters of the form as Yousry Sharif, Ram... more
Lebanese and Palestinian Debke Dance Class
Part of Folk Feet on Fifth's Norwegian Nights and Levantine Layali: 3 Evenings of Dance in Bay Ridge Presented in partnership with Young Dancers in Repertory Thursday, January 22 7-8:30pm With... more
This dynamic, multigenerational ensemble of musicians and dancers presents Afro-Cuban folklore and Hispanic traditions through the tantalizing rhythms, choruses, and movements of the Rumba, the Mambo ... more
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